CAUGHT ON CAM: Armed Fort Jackson trainee hijacked SC school bus full of children, police say
18 children from Forest Lake Elementary were on board, but are safe.
RCSD releases video of school bus hijacking By WIS News 10 Staff | May 6, 2021 at 9:19 AM EDT - Updated May 7 at 11:56 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A soldier in training at Fort Jackson has been arrested after hijacking a school bus while armed with a gun, police said. Jovan Collazo faces numerous charges including 19 counts of kidnapping. (Source: RCSD)
Officials say it all started around 7 a.m. Thursday when a trainee dressed in a physical training uniform took a M4 rifle, jumped a fence and left post.
Fort Jackson apologizes for SC school bus hijacking, trainee arrested
18 children from Forest Lake Elementary were on board, but are safe.
WATCH: Fort Jackson apologizes for school bus hijacking By WIS News 10 Staff | May 6, 2021 at 3:21 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 10:04 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Fort Jackson military officials have apologized for the hijacking of a Richland Two school bus loaded with elementary school children on Thursday morning.
23-year-old Jovan Collazo, a soldier in training, has been arrested after he hijacked the school bus with a M4 rifle, police said.
Thankfully, no one was hurt in the incident, which lasted for about an hour.
CAUGHT ON CAM: Armed Fort Jackson trainee hijacked SC school bus full of children, police say
18 children from Forest Lake Elementary were on board, but are safe.
RCSD releases video of school bus hijacking By WIS News 10 Staff | May 6, 2021 at 9:19 AM EDT - Updated May 7 at 11:56 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A soldier in training at Fort Jackson has been arrested after hijacking a school bus while armed with a gun, police said. Jovan Collazo faces numerous charges including 19 counts of kidnapping. (Source: RCSD)
Officials say it all started around 7 a.m. Thursday when a trainee dressed in a physical training uniform took a M4 rifle, jumped a fence and left post.
ABC Columbia
May 6, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Richland County deputies say an armed Fort Jackson soldier hijacked a school bus Thursday morning. Investigators say around 7 a.m. the soldier, whose name has not yet been released, ran off of Fort Jackson and ultimately to a bus stop on Old Percival Road armed with a rifle, where he got on the school bus bound for Forest Lake Elementary.
Deputies say 18 students and a driver were ultimately let off the bus unharmed. According to investigators, the suspect ultimately abandoned the bus and was arrested a short time later. Sheriff Lott says the suspect will face multiple counts of kidnapping as well as additional charges. School officials say the students who were on the bus will be provided with counseling.